Lead Front End Developer Ai Startup Pune (India)

Company Description

FoundingTeams .ai is a AI pre accelerator and talent platform. We help AI founders to find the best engineering, design and marketing talent.

Lead Frontend Engineer

About the Role

We’re looking for a Lead Frontend Engineer to own the architecture, development, and quality of our web applications. You’ll be responsible for building rapid, scalable, and user-friendly interfaces while setting frontend standards and mentoring other engineers.

This role is hands-on and strategic — you’ll write production code, make technical decisions, and work closely with product, design, and backend teams.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

Own the frontend architecture and technical roadmap

Define and enforce coding standards, performance, and best practices

Lead code reviews and mentor frontend engineers

Make decisions on frameworks, libraries, and tooling

Development

Build and maintain high-quality web applications

Translate designs and product requirements into clean, performant UI

Implement responsive, accessible, and cross-browser experiences

Integrate frontend applications with backend APIs

Optimize applications for speed, scalability, and usability

Collaboration

Work closely with

Product managers to shape requirements and delivery

Designers to ensure pixel-perfect UI and great UX

Backend engineers on APIs, data contracts, and performance

Participate in sprint planning, estimation, and technical discussions

Quality & Delivery

Ensure frontend code is

Testable

Maintainable

Well-documented

Own frontend release processes and CI/CD pipelines

Monitor performance, bugs, and user feedback

Required Skills & Experience

Must Have

5+ years of frontend development experience

Strong expertise in JavaScript / TypeScript

Extensive experience with React.js (or similar modern frameworks)

Solid understanding of

HTML5, CSS3, contemporary layout systems

State management (Redux, Zustand, React Query, etc.)

REST APIs and async data handling

Experience building and maintaining production web apps

Familiarity with Git, CI/CD, and contemporary build tools